Der Kronprinz

Movie

Starring István Hirtling, Alfred Reiterer, Mijou Kovacs, Ulrike Beimpold

Archduke Rudolf, the only son of Franz Joseph, the pretender to the Habsburg Empire, was found dead in the hunting lodge at Mayerling on 30 January 1889. For a long time, few people knew the circumstances of his death; the public could only speculate. There was talk of failing health, murder for political reasons or out of fear of love, suicide...